1 <sect2 id="calc-precess">
2 <title>Precession module</title>
3 <indexterm><primary>Tools</primary>
4 <secondary>Astrocalculator</secondary>
5 <tertiary>Precession module</tertiary>
10 The Precession calculator module
14 <imagedata fileref="calc-precess.png" format="PNG"/>
17 <phrase>Precession</phrase>
23 This module is similar to the <link linkend="calc-apcoords">Apparent
24 Coordinates module</link>, but it only applies the effect of
25 <link linkend="ai-precession">precession</link>, not of nutation or
29 To use the module, first enter the input coordinates and their epoch
30 in the <guilabel>Original Coordinates</guilabel> section. You must
31 also fill in the target epoch in the <guilabel>Precessed
32 Coordinates</guilabel> section. Then, press the
33 <guibutton>Compute</guibutton> button, and the object's
34 coordinates, precessed to the target Epoch, are presented in the
35 <guilabel>Precessed Coordinates</guilabel> section.